(CNN)– For something intended to bring pleasure to loved ones and keep the economy of the entire Western world afloat, Christmas shopping in the Internet age can be a peculiarly joyless and atomized activity. Online shopping is all very well …
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Christmas, like observances common to many religions, is a time to embrace and remember a child who brought the promise of innocence and purity to all. Judaism has its story of a baby Moses saved for greatness and a young Joseph rescued from the …
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From Lisbon to Athens, Christmas lights are dim, gift purchases are down and suffering families are bitter at the effect of three years of crisis. Conditions are worst in Greece, the country which sparked the debt crisis in early 2010 and has …
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– Updated Thursday Noon ET. Next update: Thursday, by 4 p.m. ET. UPDATE: A major winter storm is snarling flights in Chicago and elsewhere in the Midwest today (Thursday), a disruption that comes at beginning of the busy Christmas travel rush.
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The menu that makes up a traditional American Christmas dinner is hard to pin down. At my cousin Grace’s home, her husband is Italian so four-cheese raviolis accompany their barbecued turkey every year. Rita Wattson, a German-born culinary enthusiast …
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The Christmas message from The Prince of Wales included the words “Unfortunately, however, the need for The Haven’s services does not diminish. I am told that one woman in eight is now diagnosed with breast cancer and the number of Visitors to …
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The final stretch to Christmas Day will make or break retailers’ holiday shopping season following a sluggish start that was hampered initially by turbulent weather conditions and more recently by the continued debate over the so-called …
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A group of anonymous “concerned” parents in Montana wrote to the Missoula County Public Schools superintendent, essentially complaining that baby Jesus is bullying their kids. They’re angry that the Christmas concert at Chief Charlo Elementary School mixed …
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Even before the Christmas tree went up at 124-year-old Bucherer AG in the lakeside town of Lucerne, the Swiss watch boutique was already planning decorations for the year of the snake. Chinese symbols marking the start of the lunar new year on …
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Forget the bottle of cheap wine and bring a festive Christmas cake to this year’s holiday party. Here are few places offering especially good ones. The popular SoHo bakery owned by pastry chef Dominique Ansel has not one, but three versions of buche de …
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